The X-Certs have an enormous repertoire of well-known songs, so you’ll nearly always hear something new when you go to see them.

Still in January 2010, the night after TV Smith, I was in The Blacksmith’s Arms, St Albans to see The X-Certs. Their drummer, Steve, is also in Guitar Gangsters, whom I last saw in Dresden, also on the ETHR 2009 German tour. The rest of the Guitar Gangsters were also in the audience here.

In March 2010, I paid my first visit to The Red Lion in Biggleswade to see the boys.

June 2010: Sally celebrates a birthday at Danny’s Bar, with music supplied by The X-Certs.

The X-Certs play in a new venue for them (for me, too), The Black Horse, in Barnet. I guess whether it’s in Hertfordshire or London depends on who you’re trying to impress. A nice friendly venue, well suited to live music, with some street parking nearby. (005: 14/1/2011)

The X-Certs in one of their regular haunts - The Arena Tavern in Letchworth. I’ve been here a few times, too, but this is the first time I’ve taken any pictures. Sally & Alison lead the dancing. (017: 17/3/2011)

Two for the price of one, as The X-certs play at The Arena in Letchworth (083: 25/8/2011), and The Red Lion in Biggleswade (086: 1/9/2011).

The X-Certs return once more to The Red Lion early in 2012. (12/004: 12/1/2012)

The X-certs make another visit to The Blacksmith’s. It’s always a good night here. (12/031, Saturday 10th March 2012)

After several months of strong hints from me and Simone Bentley, The X-certs finally got to play at The Horns in Watford. Strongly suppoted by some of their most loyal fans from Aylesbury, Biggleswade, and Hemel Hempstead (including a few members of Wired), it turned out to be a splendid evening, which we hope will be repeated. (12/042, Thursday 17th May 2012)

The X-certs make their traditional Sunday afternoon visit to Danny’s Bar for Sally’s birthday - with special guest appearances from a couple of members of Wired (as well as Tim). Look out for some silly hats. (12/052 3/6/2012)

The X-certs presided over another fun night in The Red Lion in Biggleswade. (12/073, Thursday 26th July 2012)

Another visit to Danny’s bar by the X-certs, which, of course, means another excuse for a certain small person (a.k.a. Queen Bitch) to dip into her large collection of bipperty bopperty hats. (12/094, Friday 7th September 2012)

In October 2012, I celebrated my birthday in three parts. 1) A quiet family dinner at a local carvery. 2) In The Bull’s Head with The X-certs (12/111) and the obligatory bipperty bopperty hat from Sally. 3) In The Plough & Harrow in Harpenden with Wired, where we also had a light buffet. (12/112)

More Bipperty Bopperty hat mayhem as The X-certs play their first gig of 2013 in Danny’s Bar. (13/004 Sunday 6th January 2013)

The X-certs pay another visit to The Blacksmiths Arms in St. Albans. (13/025 Friday 8th March 2013) This album also includes a couple of pictures taken at Osinsky’s in Hitchin later in the same month. (13/035 Thursday 28th March 2013).

More jiggles in The Wade, as the X-certs gave us another fun night in The Red Lion, Biggleswade. There has to be at least one hat in there, somewhere. (13/046, Thursday 25th April 2013)

The X-certs make yet another visit to The Blacksmiths Arms in St. Albans for another lively evening. (13/106, Friday 8th November 2013)

More Bipperty Bopperty hat nonsense. The X-certs make another return to Danny’s Bar for a Sunday afternoon session. (14/025, Sunday 2nd March 2014)

The X-certs play two gigs in one weekend: The Jungle Bar in Hertford, and Danny’s Bar in Bedford - The latter for Melanie’s birthday.. (14/089, Friday 5th September, and 14/092, Sunday 7th September 2014)

The X-certs make yet another Sunday afternoon visit to Danny’s Bar for another of Sally’s birthday parties, with a couple of special guest vocalists. As usual, there were plenty of bipperty bopperty hats in evidence. (15/061, Sunday 7th June 2015)